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The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And…The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And…
The black devil or the apostate Together with the wolf worrying the lambs. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.The blacke devil or the apostate Together with the wolfe worrying the lambes. And the spiritual navigator, bound for the Holy Land. In three sermons. By Thomas Adams.
London: printed by William Jaggard, 1615London: printed by William Iaggard, 1615
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3. By entering into the body of some living thing. So the Devils in the possessed, spake audibly, and 1gave a loud acknowledgement of Christ. So Satan entered the body of a living Serpent, when he tempted 2and seduced the woman. But of all shapes, which he assumeth, he hath best liking to the likeness of man; and delights in a humane resemblance. Of all habits this best pleaseth him: in a kind of affecting pride, thereby to be as like to God, as possibly he may. This is Satan's first presumption; a strongly-opinioned trust in his own strength.
3. By entring into the body of some liuing thing. So the Deuils in the possessed, spake audibly, and 1gaue a loud acknowledgement of Christ. So Satan entred the body of a liuing Serpent, when he tempted 2and seduced the woman. But of all shapes, which he assumeth, he hath best liking to the likenes of man; and delights in a humane resemblance. Of all habites this best pleaseth him: in a kinde of affecting pride, thereby to be as like to God, as possibly he may. This is Satans first presumption; a strongly-opinion'd trust in his owne strength.
2. In ma•s weakness; who, as he is never strong of himself, so at some times, and in some places weaker then other. And therefore like wise Captains in Townes of garrison, he had need to fortify that place with most men and munition, with best spiritual arms and armour, where either the enemies Ordinance, his temptations have made a breach; or we are naturally weakest. Our frailty gives the Devil a presumptuous confidence of intrusion.